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100

What is the first element on the periodic table?

Hydrogen

100

What is the most common three letter world in English?

the

100

What is the most common greenhouse gas in the atmosphere?

Carbon dioxide

100

What physical measurement is technically defined as force divided by the area over which that force is being applied?

Pressure

100

What is the formula for photosynthesis?

6CO2 + 6H2O → C6H12O6 + 6O2

200

What is the most electronegative element on the periodic table?

Fluorine

200

What are the three most common letters used in English?

E, T, A
200

What is an apex predator?

A predator at the top of a food chain, without natural predators of its own.

200

What is Newton's first law of motion?

An object at rest will stay at rest unless acted upon by a force

200

How many bones are in the human body?

206

300

What happens when a reaction is at equilibrium?

The rates of the forward and reverse reactions are the same

300

What is the process of converting ciphertext into plaintext called?

Decryption

300

What types of trees are found in deciduous forests?

Broadleaf, hardwood trees

300

Which of the following is the SI unit for measuring electric current?

Ampere

300

Which oath of ethics taken by doctors is named after an Ancient Greek physician?

Hippocrates Oath

400

What is the K value of 2NH3<-> N2 + 3H2 when the K value of N2 + 3H2 <-> 2NH3 is 3.7x10^-8?

2.7x10^7

400

Type of substitution cipher where each letter of a given text is replaced by a letter with a fixed number of positions down the alphabet

Caesar Cipher

400

In the late 1920s, wolves were moved out of National Yellowstone Park which caused the disruption of the food web and disturbance of the natural equilibrium. What was this phenomenon called?

Trophic cascade

400

Which physicist developed the theory of general relativity?

Albert Einstein

400

What is halitosis?

Medical term for bad breath

500

When is the K value of an equilibrium reaction 1?

When there is an equal concentration of total products and total reactants at equilibrium

500

Three most common letters used in Spanish words

E, A, O

500

There are 30 flies in the population. How long would it take for the fly population to grow to 60 flies if the rate of growth is 3% (use the rule of 70)

23 years

500

What is Ohm's law?

V = IR

voltage = current * resistance

500

What was the first vaccine to be developed against a contagious disease?

Smallpox vaccine

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